NOW SYNGE WE, &c.
This piece is mentioned by Skelton as his own composition in the Garlands of Laurell, v. 1420. vol. i. 417.
Page 144. v. 1.
Now synge we as we were wont,
Vexilla regis prodeunt]
Compare Lydgate;
“Wherefore I synge as I was wont
Vexilla regis prodeunt.”
Poem about various birds singing praises to God,—MS. Harl. 2251. fol. 38.